The now-open Phase 3: On-Site Habitat Competition challenges competitors to fabricate sub-scale habitats using indigenous materials with or without mission-generated recyclables, and offers a $2 million total prize purse. Phase 3 has five levels of competition....

India has launched a spacecraft it hopes will eventually be able to carry astronauts. The GSLV MK III rocket is powered by an indigenous engine that uses liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen as fuel. Link to full article...

NASA is seeking information on the availability of small payloads that could be delivered to the Moon as early as the 2017-2020 timeframe using U.S. commercial lunar cargo transportation service providers. Link to full article...

Evidence of an unknown planet orbiting far from the Sun was observed from an anomaly in the orbits of Kuiper Belt objects. This new planet, named Planet 9, is said to be very large but too far for ground based telescopes to detect it. Once it’s launched,...